Jelly-extractor



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R. SMITH.

JELLY EXTRAGTOR.

Patented Oct. 13, 1891.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROSE SMITH, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

JELLY-EXTRACTO R. -A

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,372, dated October 13, 1891.

Application find April 21, 1890.

Serial No. 348,891. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, ROSE SMITH, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented 'certain new and useful Improvements in Jelly-Extractors, ofwhich the following is aV full and complete description.

My invention relates to imp rovements in appliances for extracting the juices from fruitpulp preparatory to manufacturing jelly therefrom; and its objects are, first, to provide an appliance for extracting jelly from fruit-pulp by heat, with which the pulp may be kept at a uniform temperature during the process of separation; second, to provide an appliance for extracting' jelly from fruit-pulp by heat, with which the pulp-receptacle may be removed from the water-receptacle for the purpose of cleaning, tbc.; third, to provide an appliance for extracting jelly from fruit-pulp by heat, with which the jelly may be drawn off from the pulp-receptacle and the water may be drawn from the tank at pleasure, and, fourth, to provide a j elly-extractor with which the amount of water in the tank may be known at all times. I attain these results by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--- Figure lis an elevation of a jelly-extractor. Fig.. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same. Fig. 3 shows my detachable fruit-receptacle in section on line w c of Fig. l. Fig. 4 shows a cloth strainer in position.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the water-receptacle. .B is the fruitpulp receptacle. C is a wire guard. D is a cloth strainer.. E is a tube for drawing off the jelly. F and F are faucets. G is a tube for lling the water-tank, and H is a glass water-gage.

In construct-ing my appliance I make use of an ordinary water-tank A, which is provided with a tube G for filling it with water and a faucet F for drawing the water out of the tank. Between the tube G and the receptacle or tank I form one or more apertures c for the passage of water from the tube to the receptacle. I then construct a conical or funnel-shaped receptacle B for the fruit-pulp,

which I place in the water-tank 'and arrange 'with a tube E, leading out through the side of the tank and terminating with a faucet F for conducting the jelly from the receptacle to the storage-vessels. The tube E is connected at one end to the wall of the tank with a water-tight joint and at the other end to the lower end of the fruit-receptacle with asimilar joint. I also make a water-tight joint between the upper ends of the fruit-receptacle and the water-tank at d. These water-tight joints maj7 be made by soldering the parts together in thev usual way, but I prefer the use of a thimblef, soldered to the inner wall of the tank, opening into the faucet-tube, and the insertion between this and the end of the tube E of a water-tight packing 133,01? cork, rubber, or other suitable material. The opposite end of this tube I form with an elbow, so that the openin g e projects upward and is large enough to receive the lower end of the fruit-receptacle b,with a thin piece of packing b between them to form a water-tight joint. I support the end of this tube by means of a brace e', extending from the' lower side of the ltube to the bottom of the tank.

The joint between the top of the tank and the pulp-receptacle may be made water-tight or not atthe pleasure of thev party using it; but in my complete machine I insert a packing b between them and render the joint water-tight.

Bythis arrangement of the parts the pulpreceptacle and escape-tube from the water-tank at pleasure for the purpose either of cleaning or repairing the parts or of vutilizing the tank for other purposes than a jelly-strainer.

To strain jelly with this appliance I place the fruit-pulp into a sack D, made of white flannel or other suitable material, which I place inside of a wire guard C, made of a proper form and size to t into the pulp-receptacle. This guard is detached from the receptacle,` and its purpose is to prevent the sack or strainer from coming in contact with the walls of the receptacle, and thus clogging the meshes of the strainer and preventing the free iiow of the jelly from it and rendering the same liable to burn before it can escape from the receptacle.

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The use of the guard for holding the pulp without the strainer is very objectionable, for thereason,tirst,thattheclosingofthelowerend to prevent the seed, &c from falling through is liable to form a joint within the lower end of the receptacle that will prevent the free escape of the jelly; second, the pulp is likely to come in direct contact with the walls of the receptacle and heat or cake, so that the jelly cannot escape therefrom, and, third, when removing th'e guard and pulp the pulp is liable to fall out through the sides of the guard into the receptacle and tube, which would necessitate the cleaning of both before another 'lot of pulp could be put into it, While with the strainer the vjelly flows from the extractor freely and clear, being thoroughly strained and purified.

For the purpose of guarding against the danger of allowing the water-tank to become dry while using, attach a glass Water-gage VVH to the side of the tank by means of forming thimbles 71 on the inside of the tank large enough to receive the ends h of the elbow, with a piece of packing of lead or other suitable material to form a Water-tight joint, the glass tube H being inserted into the opposite ends 71, of the elbows with water-tight joints and an opening through the wall of the tank into both elbows to allow of the free action of water and airor steam from the tank 1 through the glass tube, so that the water will stand at the same height in the tube that it does in the tank.

To insure a jelly of uniform quality, after placing the fruit-pulp in the receptacle and covering it u p, the tank should be filled about 'half-,full of hot water (at or. near the boilingpoint-212O Fahrenheit) and vkept at or nearly' at a uniform temperature until the jelly all iows from the pulp.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America, is- 

